Internet protocols for multimedia communications. I. IPng-the foundation of Internet protocols

Author

Braun, Torsten

Author_Institution

IBM Eur. Networking Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Volume

4

Issue

3

fYear

1997

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

90

Abstract

Surveys recent and current standardization work by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) on Internet communication protocols. The author describes the IPng project and the IPv6 protocol that will form the basis for upper-layer protocols such as resource reservation, transport and application level protocols. The IETF decided in 1992 to develop a new version of the Internet Protocol (IP) because the available address space of IP version 4 (IPv4) will probably run out early in the 21st Century. The need for a new IP version provided the opportunity to redesign the protocol and add new functions

Keywords

Internet; multimedia communication; standardisation; telecommunication standards; transport protocols; IPng project; IPv6 protocol; Internet Engineering Task Force; Internet protocols; application-level protocols; available address space; multimedia communications; new functions; redesign; resource reservation protocols; standardization; transport protocols; upper-layer protocols; Communication standards; Control systems; Force control; IP networks; Internet telephony; Multicast protocols; Multimedia communication; Real time systems; Routing protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/93.621586

Filename

621586